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Field Visit
Date 15 November 1999
Event ID 612346
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612346
A solid sandstone rock with surface indents, claimed to have supported (bore) the pole for the Royal Standard.
Inscriptions : On plaque fixed to wall below Bore Stone (raised gilded Gothic letters):
THE BORE STONE / In which the Royal Standard was last / pitched for the muster of the Scottish / army on the Borough-muir before the / Battle of Flodden / 1513 / It long lay in the adjoining field, was then / built into the wall near this spot, and finally / placed here by Sir John Stuart Forbes / of Pitsligo Bart. / 1852 / Highest and midmost was descried / The Royal Banner floating wide; / The staff, a pine tree strong and straight, / Pitch'd deeply in a massive stone, / Which still in memory is shown, / Yet bent beneath the standard's weight. / Marmion
Signatures : None
Year of unveiling : 1852 (plaque)
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0074)
